***CAPITAL CAMPAIGN***

...and moving Treasure City to a more permanent location

At a time when stocks are devalued every day, your investment in your community comes back to you a thousand fold.

For two and a half years, Treasure City Thrift has been supplying money and material resources to local grass roots community groups. We have given away almost $2000 in cash to groups like Inside Books Project, Indymedia, and Resistencia Books, and provided shop space for Austin Yellow Bike Project since 2007. In addition, we have give many thousands of dollars worth of material resources (books, clothing, bicycle and parts, gardening equipment, office supplies, sound equipment and art supplies) free of charge to dozens of other groups including Casa Marinella, Skill Share Austin, Lifeworks, ARCH (F.A.B. program), Inside Books, Books Beyond Borders, Monkeywrench Books, Trouble Puppet Theater, community gardens and more.

At the end of July, Treasure City’s lease at its current 12th St. location is ending. We are looking to increase the long-term stability of our storefront and are committed to doing everything we can to stay in the neighborhood that has given us so much support thus far. But we cannot do it without your help.

Treasure City is aiming to raise $25,000 over the next few months so that we have the capital necessary to renovate a new building and move in while still continuing the smooth operation of the store. Our mission is to assist other non-profits in getting out of the constant fundraising cycle. We’d prefer not to engage in fundraising ourselves, but in order to realize the long-term dream of economic self-sufficiency, we must ask for your help with the initial investment. We truly believe that this investment will come back to our communities many times over both in economic terms (financial support of other non-profits and potential job creation) and in less quantifiable ways such as transforming waste into resources, providing material goods needed by individuals and organizations, and creating the long term community stability that only collective ownership of our physical infrastructure can ensure.

Treasure City is committed to building community based on liberty, justice and equality, and we ask you to join us in making this possible. You can donate any amount her on our website, or by check mailed to (or dropped off at) 1720 E. 12th St., Austin, TX 78702. Thanks for your support! And please contact us with any feedback, ideas, or interest in getting involved!

xo
James and Cory for the treasure city collective